DRI vs Peers Stock Comparison

Darden Restaurants Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DRI Darden Restaurants Inc
$213.25 +6.7% 1M +15.4% 1Y
Market cap
$24.13B
P/E
20.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.37B
Div. yield
2.93%
Full-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary

Percentile Scorecard

DRI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDRI
Valuation 28 #14 of 19
Growth 31 #12 of 17
Profitability 80 #4 of 16
Financial Health 21 #16 of 20
Shareholder Returns 50 #5 of 9
Overall 42
  • DRI ranked among 22 companies in Restaurants

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDRISPY
1 month +6.7% -0.8%
3 months +4.5% +3.5%
6 months +7.3% +7.0%
Year to date +15.9% +12.2%
1 year +15.4% +13.0%
3 years +49.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +14.4% +23.1%
5 years +48.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year +8.2% +11.0%
10 years +248.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +13.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDRISPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.55 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.4% -1.8%
52-week high $227.72 $779.14
52-week low $169.21 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDRI
P/E now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 16.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.4xmedian 9.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.5xmedian 17.5x
P/B now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median 2.37median 0.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDRI
Revenue $13.37B
Gross profit $4.46B
Operating income $1.56B
Net income $1.18B
Free cash flow $1.03B
EPS (diluted) $10.33
Cash & equivalents $220.50M
Total debt $2.62B
Shares (diluted) 114.40M
Enterprise value $23.22B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDRI
P/E 20.5x
P/FCF 23.5x
P/Operating cash flow 13.5x
P/S 1.8x
P/B 11.7x
P/Tangible book 33.4x
EV/EBITDA 12.4x
EV/EBIT 17.0x
EV/Revenue 2.0x
EV/FCF 25.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDRI
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -32.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -7.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 7.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 10.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -4.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDRI
Gross margin 33.4%
EBITDA margin 16.0%
Operating margin 11.7%
Pretax margin 10.2%
Net margin 8.8%
FCF margin 7.7%
Operating cash flow margin 13.4%
Return on equity 55.3%
Return on assets 9.1%
Return on invested capital 32.9%
Return on capital employed 15.9%
Asset turnover 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDRI
Debt / assets 19.8%
Debt / equity 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.1x
Debt / FCF 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 84.4%
Equity / assets 15.6%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 0.3x
Quick ratio 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDRI
Dividend yield 2.9%
Net buyback yield 2.8%
Shareholder yield 5.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDRI
Forward P/E 18.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $14.53BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDRI
Held by institutions 97.6%
Institutions holding 1,083
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.9%
Institutions buying 578
Institutions selling 325
Buyers to sellers 1.78

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Darden Restaurants (DRI) 2.93%.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.